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Stronger effects of heterozygosity on survival in harsher environments

S Vincenzi, D Jesensek, JC Garza, AJ Crivelli
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/177725
S Vincenzi
1Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 110 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060,
2Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 110 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060,
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  • For correspondence: simon.vincenz@gmail.com simon.vincenz@gmail.com carlos.garza@noaa.gov
D Jesensek
3Tolmin Angling Association, Most na Soci, Slovenia,
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JC Garza
1Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 110 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060,
2Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 110 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060,
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AJ Crivelli
4Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, F-13200, Arles, France
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  • For correspondence: a.crivelli@tourduvalat.org
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Abstract

A stronger correlation between heterozygosity and fitness or its components (e.g., life-history traits such as survival, growth, morphology) is expected in harsher environments, but few studies have investigated whether the effects of heterozygosity on life-history traits vary with environmental conditions in natural populations. Here, the hypothesis that the effects of heterozygosity vary with environmental conditions was tested using six populations of marble trout Salmo marmoratus from Western Slovenia as a model system. Specifically, the tested hypotheses were: stronger effects of heterozygosity on survival in populations characterized by low average survival, no effects of heterozygosity on probability of surviving flash floods owing to their largely non-selective effects across traits, and stronger effects of heterozygosity on survival for fish born after floods than fish born before. A significant effect of heterozygosity on survival was found in populations characterized by low average survival. There were no effects of heterozygosity on probability of surviving flash floods, but in one population a positive correlation between heterozygosity and survival for fish born after the extreme events was found, probably because crowding in a small section of the stream caused more intense competition for resources.

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Stronger effects of heterozygosity on survival in harsher environments
S Vincenzi, D Jesensek, JC Garza, AJ Crivelli
bioRxiv 177725; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/177725
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